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E. R. AHOONE.

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EDWIN R. OAHOONE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,506, dated December14, 1880.

Application filed October 27, 1880. (No model.)

. To all whom tf/nay concern:

Be itknown that l, EDWTN B. CAHOONE, ot' Newark, in the State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coach-Pads,.of which the following is afull and exact description.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the top ofthe main plate andits parallel ribs and the channels on each side of the ribs to receivethe leather, as hereinafter described. Fig. 2 is a plan View of theunder side of the top plate. Fig. 3 is a crosssection through bothplates at the terret-hole in their operative position of being lockedinto each other. Fig. 4 is a top-plan view of a part of the completepad. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section through the center of a part of thepad, complete from the terret in all its parts. Fig. 6 is a crosssectionof a complete pad, showing the manner of docking in the leatherfastening by means of the upper and lower plates. Fig. 7

is a similar cross-section, showing the manner of using a part of vthepad-bottom leather itself' for the lock between the plates Without theuse of a separate strip.

A shows the main plate ot' the pad, which is provided with four parallellongitudinal ribs, B B B B. The outer ribs, B, may be a little higherthan the inner ribs, B B. (See Figs. 6 and 7.)

O C are channels between ribs B and B. These channels are of such sizeand shape as to justhold the bent-,overA leather and thedownward-projecting rib of the top plate.

The ribs B B are connected by bridges D D' for the terret and pad-screw,and to secure adjustability of mountin gs.

E is the top plate, having on its under surfaceribs G, which lock intothe channels O,

4so as to compress and retain the leatherin the channel.

.H is the top'leather of the pad. I is the stuffing.l L is the bottomleather of the pad.

Fig. 6v shows one mode of applying my invention, and Fig. 7 showsanother.

In Fig. 6 lock-strips s, of. leather, are stitched tothe upper' edgesot' the bottom leather, L, and these strips s s are then locked betweenthe ribs of the plates A and E, so as to tightly compress and draw theleather L into its proper place and retain it there.

tis the strip of binding seWed on at the joint of the leather L andstrip s. The top leather is now applied and secured by terret andpadscrew.

In Fig. 7 the bottom leather is cut Wider, and I dispense with thestrips s s and lock the edges of the leather L directly between the ribsof plates A and E. Finish is given by means of the binding-strip t.

Great clxeapness, simplicity, and strength. and adjustability aresecured by my improved mode of construction.

I claim as my inventionl. The'combination of the pad-plate A, havingribs B B and B B', forming channels to receive the bottom leather, thebridges to receive the terret and pad-scre\v, a top plate provided withribs to enter said channels, and

the terret and pad-screw to bind the two plates together, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination of the pad-plate A, having ribs B B and Bl B', andbridges D D with the top plate, E, having ribs G, constructed andarranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. The strips s s, in combination with plates A and E and bottomleather, L, as andt'or the purposes set forth.

4. In a harness-pad, the bottom leather, L, secured between the plates Aand E, and combined with a binding-strip, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

5.`The combination of plate A, plate E, and bottom leather, L, allconstructed and arrangedY substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

6. rPhe combination of plates A and E, bottom leather, L, strips s andt, and top leather, H, as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a harness-pad, the bottom plate, A, of substantially thecross-section shown, having its outer edges curved upwardly, andprovided with bridges to receive the terret and pad-screw, incombination with a top piece and the terret and pad-screws,substantially as described.

ED WIN R. OAHOONE.

Witnesses J. C. CLAYTON, ABRAHAM MANNERs.

